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Joan Patee's father sends her to straighten out her wayward brother Denny, who is out of work, living in a…
graveyard, and intending to profit (legally or otherwise) from some possible Civil War artifacts. Since her mother's death, Joan has had to keep the peace between the two men, without much support from her often-absent husband. Joan turns for help to an old friend, Lewis, but she is soon drawn into a spiral of shady dealings and peculiar town secrets, some dangerously close to her own heart. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2005.
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.
In this sequel to Cousins (DC10270), Cammy and her third cousin Elodie are now twelve and still recovering from the…
drowning death of their cousin Patty Ann. As the girls eagerly await a family reunion, they meet a New York girl who seems tied to Cammy's divorced dad. Grades 5-8. 1998.
As a young man, Sean Connery wanted to play professional sports. Entering the theatrical world was purely serendipitous, but various…
people encouraged him to develop his acting skills. Since then, he has acted in more than fifty films and become a true superstar of the screen. 1993.
An Egyptian banker and member of a gnostic brotherhood learns that a letter prescribing his death has been innocently intercepted…
by the woman he loves. Descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Constance, or, Solitary practices" (DC39819), followed by "Quinx, or, The Ripper's tale" (DC07791). 1983. (The Avignon quintet ; 4)
This selection from the Cantos was made by Pound himself in 1965, working from the Faber collected edition of Cantos…
I- CIX. In re-reading the work to make his choice, Pound marked several alterations and corrections, prepared a working index, and wrote a short but characteristic foreword. 1967.
Tying in with a BBC2 television series, this book records attempts to solve the mysteries which surround the construction of…
some of the world's great archaeological treasures, without the help of modern technology. The building of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Coliseum of Ancient Rome and Stonehenge are examined. 1996.
Ghonkaba, grandson of Renno the White Indian, follows the star-spangled banner into the American War of Independence. His skills as…
a scout and a warrior bring him into General Washington's plans to cross the Delaware. Sequel to "Ambush", followed by "Cherokee" (DC15599). 1984. (White Indian series ; 9)
The author presents 18 essays about his travels in the United States and Europe. The reader visits wheat-country Kansas, a…
isolated small-town New Mexican doctor, the last surviving Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, New York, as well as Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France. Some strong language. 1985.
Autobiography that mixes fact and fantasy of the legendary writer of folk songs and his search for a lost silver…
and gold mine in the big bend country of southern Texas. c1976.
As a young man, Hine was informed that his eye condition, uveitis, would eventually lead to blindness. After graduate school…
and marriage, and well into his career as a history professor, Hine did gradually lose his sight to cataracts, which the uveitis made inoperable. Hine used braille, talking computers, and readers to continue teaching and writing for the next fifteen years, and then underwent an operation that restored sight in one eye. c1993.
Persian Gulf, 1991. Pilots Will Westerman and Doug Harris are sent on a dangerous mission to seize a deadly virus…
that Iraqi defector Dr. Shakir Abbas reveals is hidden in a laboratory. They end up crash landing in the desert while Dr. Abbas sneaks into Bagdad to retrieve additional vials. Descriptions of violence. 1994.
Leo Tunney, a missionary priest and a spy long presumed dead, walks into the U.S. Embassy in Thailand after 20…
years in communist hands. Various spy networks, including a Vatican espionage agency fronting as a religious order, the CIA, the KGB, and Devereaux of U.S. Intelligence R Section, believe Tunney has secret information that could upset the world balance of power. 1981. (November man novel)
The wedding of Clay Forrester and Catherine Anderson was the social event of the season. But everything about it was…
a lie. Catherine had reluctantly agreed to Clay's need for a marriage of convenience, not expecting that passion and love would arrive to threaten the arrangement. 1985.
From Parris Island to Pearl Harbor, the leathernecks come to life as heroes and lovers, fighters and dreamers, united in…
spirit and devoted to the Marine Corps code of honour. Focuses on a smart, tough, independent PFC named Ken McCoy, whose cool head under fire combined with his skulduggery and knack for learning foreign languages helps him gain a commission. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Call to arms". 1986. (The Corps ; 1)
Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict from "Polaris" acquires a nine-thousand-year-old cup believed to be from the starship Seeker, which fled…
Earth in 2688 to establish a new colony, Margolia. Alex and his assistant Chase Kolpath look for the Seeker, hoping it will lead to Margolia. Some violence, strong language and descriptions of sex. 2006, c2005. (Alex Benedict novel ; 3)
Britain's latest nuclear submarine is leaving the Holy Loch for sea trials. Seamus Squire, in charge of dock security, is…
well ready to relax now, restoring his cottage, flying his beloved Teal and dallying with the delightful Cleodie. But the stranger with a gun has other ideas. 1981.
Her and his versions of love in Paris, a romantic lark that, despite misgivings and misadventures, led to a secure…
and happy marriage. At first, religion appeared to be a stumbling block in this union between a Catholic and a Jew with very different backgrounds, but these recollections describe a charmed life. 1980.
A fictional autobiography of a young man until his 18th birthday. As his life unfolds, he becomes preoccupied with the…
"idea of transformation," using his intellectual and sexual adventures to achieve a balance of body and spirit. Strong language and descriptions of sex. c1996.